One killed, another injured in Kurigram road accident

A person was killed and another was injured when a speeding truck knocked them down in the Zia Bazar area of Kurigram Sadar upazila on early Saturday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Alam Mia, who used to work as an assistant of a lorry driver. The lorry driver has been hospitalised.

The accident took place at about 5:00am when the Nageshwar-bound truck from Chilmari hit Alam and his boss as they got off their lorry, leaving Alam dead on the spot, said Nazmul Islam, duty officer of Sadar police station.

‘We have seized the killer truck but its driver managed to flee. Efforts are on to nab him,’ the officer said.

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